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Barcelona is giving each of its poorest citizens a universal basic income

The district of Besós in Barcelona, Utrecht in the Netherlands and the Finnish city of Helsinki are all reportedly set to trial a universal basic income scheme. Residents will be given money for two years to lift them above the breadline as the scheme looks to investigate “innovative and creative solutions”. Each area will be been given €13m (£11m) from the European Union to fund the scheme, which will grant 1,000 randomly selected low-income households between €400 and €525 (£350 and £455) per month.

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The European povertyline is on average twice as high as the amount of money handed out, so I wonder how these people will survive or pay their way out of poverty. It's a nice tool to exclude many more people from development and it is a formidable political tool: the people don't do what you like? Close the tap and let's see what happens. Allthough it is a good idea or solution, the cash handed out isn't in realistic quantities and thus will not lift those people out of anything. In a world full of people who like to gain power over the backs of the majority, i.e. the poor and near-poor, it is a good tool. To get a world where everyone has enough to survive, develop and live a good life, we first need a different mindset, because this world is poisoned with neo-liberalism, Americanism and several other dangerous and/or ridiculous "isms".